Vocabulary

pot; jar; vase

decrease; reduction; fall; depreciation; mitigation

hidden reserves of strength; latent energy; potentiality; real strength

mortgage; right of pledge; lien

conversion; shift; about-face; switch

utility pole; power pole; telephone pole; telegraph pole

fellow; guy; chap

Oriental country; the Orient

the person concerned; the person in question; the said person

both banks (of a river)

mechanics; dynamics

(sense of) presence; feeling as if one was there; feeling of actually being there; realism; ambiance

cold water

(one's) age

grounds of an argument

eagle (Accipitridae family)

folding screen

show; display; pretensions; appearances; ostentation; vanity

triangle

Japanese and Chinese poetry

onnagata; male actor in female kabuki roles

pointing up; pointing upward; upturn; uptrend; upward tendency

path of righteousness; path of duty; right track; correct path

Antarctic Ocean

sailing ship; sailing boat; sailing vessel

secretion

darkness

origami; art of paper folding

comeback (e.g. in business); reinstatement

taking over (another's debt, work); shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation

camouflage; disguise

planting

islands

pressure; clamping; tightening; fastening

the whole (railway) line; the entire (bus) route

drink; beverage

transfer (trains, buses, etc.); change; connection

everyday clothes; ordinary clothes; casual wear; informal dress

(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point

aunt